Henry wilfeed collins



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' H. W. GOLLINS.

l SPEGTAGLE No. 510,240. Patented Dec. 5, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY WILFRED COLLINS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

SPECTACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,240, dated December 5, 1893.

Application filed June 9. 1893.' Serial No. 477,111. (No model.)

To all whom ?lt may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY WILFRED COL- LINS, a subject of the Quee of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at London, England, have invented Improvements in Spectacles, of whichthe following is a specifioation.

My invention relates to improvenents in spectacles and consists of certain novel fea; tures hereinafter described and clained.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a front view and Fig. 2 a plan of a pair ot' spectacles arranged and fitted in accordance With one form of this invention. 3 represents a front view of a modified form of theinvention.

The rims a in which the glasses are held are coupled by a bar b below which are the side rests c also rigidly fixed at each end to the rims a.

d d are the usual a-ns hinged to the rims and extended back to be hooked' behind the ears of the wearer or to bear against the sides of the head, as is Well understood. The rests c are so arranged in relation to the bar b that when the spectacles are being worn, the said bar b is kept above the nose and out of contact therewith. The bar b and rests c are rigid and unyielding, or sufficiently so as to cause the rests tolie against the nose Without exerting the pinching or gripping action appertaining to spring glasses of the pince-nez type.

At Fig. 3 is represented a front view of a modification illustrating the application of this invention to glasses having no encircling rims. In this arrangement the bar b is con-' nected to the glasses e by thelnks e' riveted or otherwise secured to the glasses. The glasses are thenselves shaped to serve as rests. The glasses may, however, be shaped as in Fig. 1 and be fitted with rests secured to'them.

It will be ohvious that the bar b may be straight, arched, curved or otherwise shaped and also that the attachments thereof and of the resls nay vary.

What I clain is- 1. In a pair of spectacles,a rigid bar secured at its ends to the glasses connecting them together above the nose, rests rigidly secured at both ends to the said glasses, and arms to secure the spectacles in place, substantially as described.

2. In a pair. of spectacles, the combination with the glassesand the rins holdin the said glasses, of a rigid bar secured at its ends to the said rims of the glasses Connecting them together above the nose, rests rigidly secured at both ends to the rins of the glasses to rest upon the sides of the nose, and arns to secnre the speotacles in place substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subseribing witnesses.

HENEY WIL FEED COLLINS.

Witnesses:

FRANK A. LARKIN, HARRY S. SAYERS, Beth of 7 Bank Bwildings, Lothbua'y, London, E. O'. 

